14. Linearized gravity I: Principles and static limit.

MIT General Relativity, Spring 2020 Instructor: Scott Hughes View the complete course: YouTube Playlist: Solving the Einstein field equation by linearizing around a flat background.  We treat spacetime as the metric of special relativity plus a perturbation, examine how quantities transform infinitesimal coordinate transformations (which turn out to be equivalent to gauge transformations in electrodynamics), and develop the Einstein field equation in this limit.  Focusing on static sources, we derive the Newtonian limit. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at More courses at Support OCW at We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may b